Adapter for use in a track lighting system, and lighting arrangement
AssigneeH4X e.U.
InventorAndreas Hierzer
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Abstract
An adapter for use in a track lighting system is designed to be inserted into a track. The track has an electrical conductor means with conductors, the adapter has contact elements, and when the adapter is in an inserted state, contact can be made with the conductors by means of the contact elements. The contact elements can be moved into a contacting position, in which they protrude from the adapter so that they can be connected to the conductors, and into a non-contacting position, in which the adapter can be retracted into or removed from the track. The movement of the contact elements between the contacting position and the non-contacting position can be brought about by an operator by means of a moveably arranged actuating element of the adapter.
Claims20
Adapter for use in a track lighting system, which is designed to be inserted into a track of the track lighting system, wherein the track has an electrical conductor means with conductors, the adapter has contact elements, and when the adapter is in an inserted state, contact can be made with the conductors by means of the contact elements;
- wherein the contact elements can be moved into a contacting position in which they protrude from the adapter in order to make contact with the conductors, and into a non-contacting position in which the adapter can be inserted into or removed from the track;
- wherein the movement of the contact elements between the contacting position and the non-contacting position can be brought about by an operator by means of a moveably arranged actuating element of the adapter;
- wherein the contact elements are arranged on a body rotatably mounted in a frame of the adapter;
- wherein the actuating element has a flat, plate-shaped section, an engagement geometry formed on or in a first main surface area of the plate-shaped section and a guide contour formed in the area of a second main surface area of the plate-shaped section, which is opposite the first main surface area;
- wherein a steering projection, arranged eccentrically relative to an axis of rotation of the body, is formed on an end face of the rotatably mounted body or on an element connected in a torque-proof manner to the body and arranged on the front side of the body;
- and
- wherein when moving the actuating element, the guide contour acts on the steering projection thereby effecting the rotation of the body.
Lighting arrangement with
- a track,
- at least one lighting device or a lighting module, and
- at least one adapter according to one of the preceding claims for connecting the lighting device or the lighting module to an electrical conductor means of the track.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.